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" What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be. "

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" My production company, what we are trying to do is I'm trying to create content that speaks to me, and it's not one color. It's not one size fits all. "

Laurence Fishburne

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" Things have become considerably better for men of colour since I was born. But I'd say that we'll be really getting somewhere when things get better for women of colour. "

" On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff. "

" I have taken care of my gift, and because I've taken care of my gift, I feel like I've been continually and constantly blessed to get to do wonderful things. "

" My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do. "

Laurence Fishburne

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" The 50s are the age of elegance. That's kind of my intention when I get dressed: casual elegance. "

" I have this unshakeable faith. I believe in myself; I believe in God. "

" I had two times in my life where I wanted to give up everything I worked for, but God gave me a job. "

" I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting. "

" I didn't have much of a childhood, but that's O.K. I have a livelihood. "

" I carry a lot of feminine energy as well as masculine energy, and that's the hit that people are getting. That vulnerable thing is not what we assume with black males. You get it, and then they cease to become scary. They become human. You cease to have a bogeyman. "

" We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit. "

" I'm not dyeing my hair and trying to pretend I'm 40. That's not going to work for me. "

" Some characters need to be more performance-orientated; some, you have to be still. "

Laurence Fishburne

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" I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks. "

" It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity. "

" Back in 1978, when I was still in high school, I went to see a Broadway show, 'Paul Robeson,' starring James Earl Jones. It was all about Robeson's journey as a human being, an artist, a champion of civil rights. Had I not seen the play, I might not have known who Robeson was. I was certainly never taught about him in school. "

" I was a child actor but not a child star. "

" Acting and philanthropy are braided together. I've tried to seek out things that speak not just specifically to the community that created me, but that speak in a way that's universal and all of humanity celebrates. "

" Most of us are afraid of our success, that we will actually be great. "

" I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit. "

" I actually had the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the Supreme Court and face the justices, which was really a powerful thing for me. "

" I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor. "

" Jesse Eisenberg, this little nebbishy guy, as Lex Luthor? For me, that's a genius move. "

" I'm left-handed: I can think and feel at the same time. My feminine side is very highly developed. "

" I see that I have, as part of my stock in trade, a very regal personality and carriage. I see that I have a kind of strength, a kind of command, and a kind of power that one would associated with a monarch. "

" I can't remember a picture that has expressed black attitudes and personal relationships as vividly as we've done in 'Cadence.' "

" I always want to read the script and know everything and at least understand the context of the world that you're in and why you're there and all that stuff. It's good to know something. I like to know, but I've never been one of these, 'Just show me my stuff,' no, I like to know what the whole picture is so I can understand how I fit into it. "

" It's my luck that I was born a bit of an old soul, and it's served me well. "

" If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might be black-ish. "